New Stretch Goals and Add Ons! Foundry VTT Integration? Custom Character sheets and more!
almost 4 years ago
– Sat, Jan 09, 2021 at 11:26:21 AM
To be honest as we smashed through my original stretch goals it was time to stop and think for a bit. It is easy to get caught up in slamming down more content, but also a bit dangerous. So I stopped and reconsidered, recalibrated, made sure the stretch goals we already hit were going to be all they could be (and they will be longer than I was planning as I decided that I really want to see all the value we can get from them).
After some consideration, here's the list of Phase 1 (already completed), Phase 2 (things we might hit) and Phase 3 (Crazy town) stretch goals. If it's on this list, I have a plan of how to make it (even the crazy town ones).
Realistically, with the current trajectory (which is very ambitious to estimate off) we might hit the 80k one, which I feel is sort of the big... thank you stretch goal. It's not as valuable to everyone, but it's something people ask me for all the time, and the only thing standing between it and happening is that it would take a lot of time - if you're familiar with the various build insights I have written... that guide might be half as long as the whole book (though much easier to write).
That said, if we somehow go beyond even that, well, I'm prepared for crazy town and we have some cool stuff.
I've also clarified a bit which are in the compendium, and which will be in the add ons. All the phase 1 stretch goals are in the compendium. Phase 2 & 3 is a mix, but hopefully clear marked.
Thank you all so much for this great launch. With your help, more success than I thought possible has already been reached -if this was the end of the campaign thank you, I'd be happy to write it. That we are still just getting started... that's incredible.
So thank you, and let's see where we can still go with this!
Along with the Stretch goals here, the add ons have been updated to include the custom character sheets and the Foundry VTT unlock:
I do not yet have an update on EU Shipping, still working on it. I would love to make it work, if you have suggestions or know what another Kickstarter that did EU Friendly Shipping used, feel free to reach out to me. I haven't fully given up on Roll20 and Fantasy Grounds Integrations - they might happen, but if they do I suspect they'll be priced higher than the Foundry one due to additional complications and fees - still looking into things. There are some other Virtual Tables that have been brought up that I'm still researching if they'd work - if they have the character building tools and integration pieces to work with something like this. As a recent convert to virtual table tops myself (being a long term pencil and paper sort) this end requires some research.
Day 2: The first THREE stretch goals are funded! Updates on EU Shipping and VTT Integrations.
almost 4 years ago
– Fri, Jan 08, 2021 at 07:06:49 AM
Truly an amazing first day. Thank you all so much - this is going to be a great book. We've unlocked Lost Era Items and the new crafting branch Engineering (for all your siege weaponry needs!), and we are getting close to unlocking 2 new races on top of those!
There are two major things I am looking into, but cannot give firm answers on yet:
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Potential EU Friendly shipping. This is something I was aware of going in, but did not expect to have the volume to be able to provide it. As the volume has been higher than expected, it is something that I might be able to provide - I'm currently looking into it. If you are in the EU at the PDF tier and would like to be at the book tier with EU friendly shipping, let me know - if I can do this all depends on volume. Additionally, if you know an outfit in the EU that can handle a small volume Kickstarter distribution let me know (essentially the way this works is I would have to ship a segment of the order directly to the EU in bulk, but then would need a distribution partner in the EU to do the actual shipping - from what I'm seeing, this would require a pretty high volume of orders to be viable, but I want to make this happen if I can.
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Potential Virtual Table Top Integrations (Roll20, Fantasy Grounds, Foundry, etc). I'm looking into if this is something I can offer. If it is, this would be under Add Ons. I would very much like to offer these, but this is outside of my area of expertise. I'm looking for answers here, but cannot commit until I lock down if this is possible. If you know anything here, feel free to reach out and we can chat.
I am talking to various folks about both fronts, but neither are things most of my expert resources have done, so this is delving into a new front for me to see if these are possible, and I want to proceed with caution. I will keep you posted if I have updates on either of them.
Things like this are made possible by how well this Kickstarter has done so far - and that's thanks you folks sharing it. I really appreciate it!
All the best,
-Kibbles
...And we'll have a bestiary section!
almost 4 years ago
– Fri, Jan 08, 2021 at 06:02:42 AM
Just like that we've already sailed right past the first stretch goal. Incredible! I thought that would be enough of a break water to get more goals up, but I underestimated folks... I'm already behind on the next one.
So this time I bring a batch of them - I'm calling them all the Phase 1 Stretch Goals, as these are most of what had for stretch goals.
If we some how get passed all of these, I'm working on some bigger and more ambitious things beyond that if we need a Phase 2... talks are happening, we'll see how it goes - it's already blown every expectation I could have had out of the water, so I'm out of the business of trying to make predictions here, but I am very much in the business of coming up with some very shiny ideas...
In addition to these, keep an eye for maybe a new add-on or two in the works. The gears are turning, and I'll keep you posted.
It's been an incredible start so far. I had no idea how this would go - I owe a major thank you to everyone that's shared this and gotten the word out, you are the folks making this happen.
All the best, and once more, thanks!
-Kibbles
We are FULLY FUNDED in 3 hours! That's incredible! Thank you all so much.
almost 4 years ago
– Fri, Jan 08, 2021 at 06:02:33 AM
When I set this goal, I realized that I wouldn't be able to make one of those "fully funded in X hours" updates but I needed to set the goal at what I could realistically guarantee a book in your hands for..,
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Well, we've just hit the best of both worlds I guess, because incredibly it's fully funded in just hours, and we've done it with a goal I am confident can produce an amazing book with.
Amazing. Thank you all so much, and I'll be working for you folks for the next while to make this the best book I can make for your gaming table.
I didn't think I would need stretch goals today - I had to dive into photoshop to get our first banner ready for one!
Here's the first one!
This is something I have great ideas for and I wanted to do, but will take a fair bit of new art (monsters need art in my opinion!) so was the perfect candidate for a first Stretch Goal. Thank you all so much for the support, and let's keep working to make this compendium everything it can be.
All the best and thank you!
-KibblesTasty
